Greensboro Birds

Yesterday, Josh, my pal Christine, and I got up at the crack of the crack and drove down to Lexington for the annual Hawg Run 5K. It was originally planned as my athletic debut, but it turned out to be my third official 5K since I started trotting back in August. I set a new [...]

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This morning heralded my old buddy Sam Peabody (aka white-throated sparrow). He scratched around below the feeder while I fed the chickens at sunup. Just now, the brushy area at the edge of the yard yielded—get this:

A golden-crowned kinglet,
Yellow-rumped warblers,
A pine sisken, and
Two yellow-bellied sapsucker!

All that’s left are the dark-eyed juncos, ruby-crowned kinglets, and cedar [...]

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THE HEAVENS—In what is being described by advance marketing materials as “the first divine creation in more than 6,000 years,” God Almighty, Our Lord Most High, introduced a brand-new species of bird into existence Monday.
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The Madison-Mayodan Recreation Department is pleased to announce a new class, Introduction to Drawing Fundamentals, which will be held on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon, from November 7 to December 5. Josh Sutcliffe, a member of the Art Alliance of Greensboro, is the instructor. Ages 9 and up, adults are welcome.

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New Jerseyites can deal with a lot of crazy stuff, but throw a few wild turkeys in the hood and the people go nuts.
Money quotes:
“I wanna just be able to go back to a normal life and go out of our house without worrying where a turkey might be,” lamented Nancy Giordano.
“[They] do not belong,” [...]

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